Feed-bag support.



H. RATZ.

FEED BAG SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13, l9l6.

1,235,923, Patented Aug. 7,1917.

H EHRY RRTZ M Slum/nu,

. HENRY RATZ, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

FEED-BAG- SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

Application filed. October 13, 1916. Serial No. 125,455.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY RATZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Feed-Bag Support; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in feed bag supports, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby it can be readily applied to the shafts of any vehicle and can be used for supporting the conventional form of feed bag in proper position.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of this characterwhich can be very inexpensively formed from strips of bar iron or the like, which can be readily applied to the vehicle shaft or removed therefrom, and which will provide a convenient and effective means for supporting the feed bag without the necessity of hanging it from the head of the horse or other draft animal.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a top plan view of a feed bag support constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the same as applied to the shafts of a vehicle.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. l is a similar view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Correspondin and like parts are referred to in the following description and inclicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention, the numeral 1 designates the substantially semicircular curved end of a U-shaped main frame, said frame being preferably formed from a single length of flat bar iron or like material which is suitably bent in the prescribed manner. The sides 2 of the main frame are offset outwardly from the extremities of the curved end 1, being connected thereto by the flared portions 8. The fiat sides of the bar iron are vertically disposed at the portions 1 and 3 of the main frame, and horizontally disposed at the portions 2 thereof, there being a quarter turn at at the junctions of the side bars 2 and flared portions 3.

The side bars 2 have a substantially spaced and parallel relation and are designed to fit upon the shafts 5 of a vehicle. The rear extremities of the side bars 2 are bent laterally and looped to provide the clamping rings 6 which are of a suitable size to receive the shafts, the lower sides of the clamping rings being provided with set screws 7 which are adapted to be screwed into a tight engagement with the shafts. At a point slightly spaced from the clamping ring 6, each of the side bars 2 is provided with an inverted U-shaped spring clip 8, said spring clips being adapted to yieldably engage the vehicle shafts and cooperate with the clamping rings 6 to hold the device in proper position.

A segmental and semicircular bar 9 is arranged within the curved end of the U- shaped main frame and cooperates with the curved end 1 of the main frame to provide a bag supporting ring. In the present instance the ends of the semicircular bar 9 fit squarely against the main frame and are rigidly secured thereto by suitable fastening members such as the rivets 10. A number of small hooks 11 are applied at intervals to the feed bag supporting ring, said hooks being removable when it is not desired to use the same, and being adapted to engage the mouth of an ordinary feed bag 12 for the purpose of supporting the same in position. If desired, it will be obvious that the hooks 11 can be removed and the mouth of a feed bag directly applied to the ring. The entire device can be readily applied to the shafts of a vehicle, and pro vides a convenient means for supporting a feed bag without the necessity of hanging the same from the head of a horse.

Having thus described the invention,

What I claim as new and desire to secure by cluding a U-shaped main frame formedof a bar of flat material, said main frame having a semi circular curved end and; rear- Wardly extending side arms, the fiat sides of the bar being vertically disposed at the curved end of the main frame and horizontally disposed at the side arms thereof so as to fit against the top of a pair of vehicle shafts, clamping rings rigid with the extremities of the side arms for loosely receiving the vehicle shafts, set screws threaded in the clamping rings for engagementwith the vehicle shafts, shaft engaging springclips appliedto the side arms in a spaced relation. to the clamping rings and a semi-circular bar applied to the curved end of. the main frame for cooperation there- Withtoform a feed bag supporting ring.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY RATZ.

Witnesses:

GEO. G. L.,MAiis,- LEWIS G, HAUsEN.

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